Category: gubernatorial

McConnell Leads Tributes to Ex-Kentucky Gubernatorial Candidate, 90, Who Died After Saving Wife From House Fire

A former Republican Kentucky gubernatorial candidate died in a house fire on Thursday, officials have confirmed. Tom Emberton, 90, who also served as chief judge of the state Court of Appeals, was at home in Edmonton when the fire began at around 3:30 a.m., Metcalfe County Coroner Larry Wilson said. Emberton sprung into action and helped to get his wife, Julia, out…


Kansas Governor Primaries Only Formalities Before Fall’s Intense Kelly-Schmidt Showdown

The Kansas primaries on Aug. 2 will include Democratic and Republican inter-party preliminaries to select their gubernatorial candidates for fall’s general elections. But both primaries are perfunctory formalities, non-competitive preambles to a predicted three-month toss-up brawl between incumbent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and her Republican challenger, Kansas attorney general Derek Schmidt. Both face nominal opponents…


Pittsburgh Attorney Steps Into the Pennsylvania 2022 Governor’s Race

Jason Richey, 49, a native of Aliquippa, Beaver County, and partner of Pittsburgh’s K&L Gates law firm, has entered the 2022 GOP Pennsylvania gubernatorial race to succeed the current Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, who is in his second and final term. Richey has never held public office before. He told The Epoch Times, “We…


Jack Ciattarelli Wins NJ Republican Gubernatorial Primary

Former New Jersey Assembly Member Jack Ciattarelli won the state’s gubernatorial primary on June 8. He will face New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy in the general election in November. Ciattarelli defeated former Somerset County Freeholder Brian Levine, pastor Phil Rizzo and businessman and perennial candidate Hirsh Singh. With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Ciatterelli earned 49.6 percent of the…


Republican Joe Gale Seeks Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Nomination

Joe Gale, one of the few Republican commissioners in the Greater Philadelphia region, has announced his run for the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race. An advocate for traditional values and an avid supporter of former President Donald Trump’s policies, he told The Epoch Times that “the only path to victory is with a candidate who is…


Recall Newsom Campaign Reaches Raw Number of Signatures to Trigger Recall Election, says Campaign Manager 

The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has bypassed the number of raw signatures needed to initiate a special election, according to a campaign manager behind the effort. Rescue California—an organization spearheading an effort to put the recall election on the ballot—has received more than 1.5 million signatures, Anne Hyde Dunsmore told The Epoch Times Feb. 10. It…


Campaign to Oust Newsom Reaches Raw Number of Signatures to Trigger Recall Election, says Campaign Manager 

The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has bypassed the number of raw signatures needed to initiate a special election, according to a campaign manager behind the effort. Rescue California—an organization spearheading an effort to put the recall election on the ballot—has received more than 1.5 million signatures, Anne Hyde Dunsmore told The Epoch Times. It expects to…


Campaign to Oust Newsom Reaches Raw Number of Signatures to Trigger Recall Election, Campaign Manager Says

The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has bypassed the number of raw signatures needed to initiate a special election, according to a campaign manager behind the effort. Rescue California—one of the groups behind putting the recall election on the ballot—has received more than 1.5 million signatures, Anne Hyde Dunsmore told The Epoch Times. It expects to reach…